Recreational Sport Program Design, Delivery, and Management

• Main Authors: Barcelona, Robert J. 1970- (Author), Wells, Mary Sara (Author), Arthur-Banning, Skye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Champaign, Illinois Human Kinetics 2016
• Subjects: Recreation > Management; Recreation > Planning; Strategic planning
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• Physical Description: xiv, 288 pages illustrations 28 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index
• ISBN: 9781450422390

Recreational Sport provides readers a foundation in the concepts of recreational sport. Based on current research and offering real-world applications, it will help readers understand how to design, deliver, and manage recreational sport programs no matter what setting they find themselves in. Recreational Sport offers the following: ● Coverage for all age groups and sectors in a range of settings and contexts for recreational sport ● International perspectives to offer students great insights into career opportunities ● The latest theory, research, and real-world approaches to help both students and professionals who program sports This text places recreational sport squarely in the middle of the recreation and leisure curriculum and is supported by the core competencies of recreational sport. The competencies connect with the NIRSA recreational sport competencies developed in 2013 and the 2013 NRPA Accreditation standards for college programs. In the three parts of the book, students will ● be grounded in the philosophical concepts that define the field; ● learn about the core competencies they need to know in order to deliver successful programs and events; and ● gain insights into the settings and contexts where recreational sport happens and learn about key ideas, issues, and career opportunities in the field.